For generations, communities across Lango and Acholi have maintained relationships with shea trees that extend into spirituality, ancestral memory, traditional medicine, customary law, agriculture and community identity. The shea tree is therefore more than a natural resource. It is part of a living cultural landscape.

This is the biggest Uganda shea butter festival that brings together 5K people to dialogue, celebrate and reimagine better possibilities for the nilotica shea sector.

Buckets of Okere Shea Butter Ready for Export On Friday, 21 Aug 2026, the New Vision Newspaper, Uganda's leading newspaper published a story about our cooperative's effort to export nilotica shea butter. The scanned version of the two-and-half paged cover story is can be accessed via this attached:

If you are looking for a simple, plant-based ingredient for your natural hair routine—or a premium African ingredient for your next hair-care formulation—Okere Nilotica Shea Butter is worth discovering.